I really don't think the church will have to worry too much about sex abuse law suits, since the law suits it faces now are a real stretch to put blame on the church, either legally or in the social arena. For example, the church is currently facing a lawsuit in which a man who wasn't even active in the church abused his adopted daughter, and the daughter is not suing the church for it. Keep in mind the man never represented the church in any capacity. Seems like someone grabbing for money to me.

The Mormon Church has its issues in the area of sex abuse cases, but they are not anymore than any organization that works with children. I don't think they'll have much to worry about.

The church enacted protocols like teaching in pairs several years ago to prevent any abuse like the Catholic church has been accused of. Most of the lawsuits brought against the LDS church were pretty far fetched, by inactive members that ran into money problems and try to get money from the church. Well, the church likely isn't wealthy. Most of the money is used to build buildings and help people through church programs.

Since when did we start having funnerals in our temples?

I know the economy is bad, but don't you attorneys have anything better to do? I'm a Mormon woman and I found this to be verging on the ridiculous. None of what is described in the "research" of a very angry Mormon apostate - Martha Nibley Beck - has the name "Mormon" on it. This behavior goes on everywhere in our society. I'm not condoning it, just don't place blame on a religion. Our church leaders do the best they can to help. For those who are victims, they would do well to work through their healing process and move on in life.

Since faithful Mormons promise not to disclose details about the temple ceremonies, HBO's presentation could only be based on information from those who have broken this promise. By definition, these sources are undoubtedly untrustworthy and unethical. This alone should make them suspect.

Those of us who are temple going Mormons will neither supply, nor correct, the information HBO presents. HBO MUST rely on ex-Mormons, apostates and the disgruntled for its information -- these are not reliable information sources in my opinion.

There is no way anyone who practices polygamy would be temple worthy or even allowed to retain membership in the L.D.S. (Mormon) Church.

The “authority” to marry a man to one wife is not the same as the “authority” to marry a man to more than one wife. No Mormon since the 1890 change has had the authority to marry any man to more than one woman. So, in the Mormon view, none of these so-called polygamist marriages are valid, religiously or legally. None of these “polygamists” are Mormons.

Membership in the L.D.S. Church is not a vague identification or feeling of alliance; it is an actual membership record. You either have a membership record or you do not. You either are a Mormon or you are not. There is no gray area. If you try to practice polygamy your membership is canceled and you are kicked out of the Church (excommunicated).

Polygamists are not Mormons period. Since their marriages are neither valid nor legal, real Mormons consider the polygamist lifestyle not only illegal but immoral as well. No one doing something illegal and immoral would be allowed inside a temple or allowed to retain Mormon membership.

The whole "Big Love" story line is completely implausible.

Your suggestion that the Mormon Church should be less concerned about "Big Love" is extremely condescending and demeaning. Who are you to suggest to anyone what they should or should not be concerned about. Oh, that's right. You're an attorney and are fully accustomed to telling others how they should live their lives and what they should be worried about.

Society has a big problem when there is no longer anything held sacred. This issue should raise a concern of our lack of morality in this country. For those who may have been privy to certain ceremonies in LDS temples, and who now choose to break sacred covenants, there can be no question of their own dishonesty. For those who promote these people (HBO) they are as guilty of lies and dishonesty as those who once were LDS and now have turned away. It's just shameful.

I find it ridiculous that Mormons are upset at polygamy. When the WHOLE point of the ceremony is to introduce polygamy- read Joseph Smith's teachings. I guess Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are immoral and so is God, according to Krista.Estimates put 2-5% of practicing Mormons as closet polygamist, so i guess there are LDS that are polygamist. Just because they have not been "caught" does not mean that they are not Mormon's or polygamists.

Cameron: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) do not practice polygamy. I am a practicing Mormon. If I were to practice polygamy, I would be excommunicated. I attend the temple regularly. The "whole point of the ceremony" has nothing to do with polygamy. Polygamy was used biblically for specific purposes. A pragmatic purpose when the Mormon church was first established in America was to deal with the overwhelming numbers of women in proportion to men who had joined the church and had immigrated from England and other countries. They had no husbands or sources of income in a time period when women were not part of the workforce. The Church set up a communitarian approach to survival because it had been persecuted and forced to separate from society. It would have been highly inappropriate for a single woman to be living in a house in which she was not married to the man who owned the house. It certainly was a temporary situation, and it also served another pragmatic purpose: to increase the numbers of the LDS population so that it would strengthen quickly. Please do not make statements about our temple ceremony and our beliefs that you do not know or understand.

Perhaps your statistics of Mormons who practice 'closet polygamy' as you put it are correct. But even if it is correct, it still is nothing to base an argument on. Those individuals' actions, if they exist, would be reflecting on themselves and not the church. As Krista Cook put it, "real Mormons consider the polygamist lifestyle not only illegal but immoral as well."

Furthermore, 2% of any other religion is just as likely to be practicing polygamy as the LDS church. The LDS church condones the practice just as much as the next church.